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DELEGATES FROM 58 AFRICAN, ASIAN AND MIDDLE-EASTERN COUNTRIES ARE ATTENDING THE THIRD CONFERENCE OF THE AFRO-ASIAN PEOPLE'S SOLIDARITY ORGANISATION.

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DELEGATES FROM 58 AFRICAN, ASIAN AND MIDDLE-EASTERN COUNTRIES ARE ATTENDING THE THIRD CONFERENCE OF THE AFRO-ASIAN PEOPLE'S SOLIDARITY ORGANISATION.IT IS BEING HELD AT MOSHI, IN TANGANYIKA, AND WAS OPENED YESTERDAY (MONDAY) BY PRESIDENT NYERERE OF TANGANYIKA.

THE CONFERENCE RESULTS FROM, AND IS GUIDED BY THE "NOBLE TEN PRINCIPLES OF BANDUNG", WHERE THE FIRST AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE OF ANY MAGNITUDE WAS HELD IN 1955.THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION ARE: THE ACHIEVEMENT OF COMPLETE NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE, THE STRUGGLE AGAINST IMPERIALISM IN ALL FORMS, AND THE ATTAINMENT OF FULL NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY, FREEDOM AND EQUALITY AMONG NATIONS.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ORGANISATION ARE IN CAIRO.IN HIS OPENING SPEECH, MR.NYERERE SAID DELEGATES COULD NOT SIT BACK WHILE "OUR BROTHERS IN SOUTH AFRICA CONTINUE TO SUFFER UNDER BRUTAL OPPRESSION." HE ADDED: "WE CANNOT REST UNTIL THIS INDIGNITY IS WIPED OUT, UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA IS REPLACED BY ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE OF THAT COUNTRY REGARDLESS OF THEIR COLOUR.